A Post Knickerbocker Petronius
All over the land there were yokels and the spouses of yokels and even the children of yokels, moved by a like interest and curiosity; while rural visitors to New York, and also New Yorkers born for that matter—if such a person as a born New Yorker actually existed.

The Crest Of Murray Hill
The building at the northwest corner of Fifth Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street is likely to be known and referred to as the Knickerbocker Trust for a long time to come.

Giant Strides Of Commerce
ONCE upon a time, so the story goes, a French publisher, planning an elaborate volume on the streets of Paris, went to Honore de Balzac, then at the height of his fame, to ask him to contribute the chapter on a particular thoroughfare.

Beyond Murray Hill
ON the site of the old Croton Reservoir the cornerstone of the Public Library was laid November 10,1902, and the building opened to the public May 23, 1911.

Approaching The Plaza
APPROACHING the Plaza, besides the churches, clubs, and the various houses associated with the name of Vanderbilt, there is conspicuous the cluster of great hotels.

Stretches Of The Avenue
A quarter of a century ago there were thousands of such shanties along the upper West Side.